I cannot handle ANY sweets

[dimar97]

Ok, here I go AGAIN…

I slipped and stumbled for the last 3 weeks or so but I feel I am back on track (back in THE ZONE!) I have decided I cannot handle ANY sweets right now – even my lc recipes and sugar free treats drive my overeating in a serious way and I have been getting nowhere fast. I’ve been spinning my wheels for a long time now bc I just didn’t want to admit that I HAVE to give it up - for now – maybe forever – in order to get somewhere. So I am giving up my DaVinci, my Splenda, my Fiberfit. I will stick to water and DECAF with cream. No breakfast shakes, no treats after dinner, no occasional diet pop – just cold turkey. That is how it has to be. I KNOW I am not HUNGRY with this woe but I had been eating something all the time it seemed - snacking in between meals and sneaking bites of this and that (especially over the last 3 weeks) even though I was not hungry. And I really believe it was the “sweets” - sugar free as they were – that were driving this behavior. I have 17 days till I leave for vacation. I know its not much time but I believe I can make some progress and feel good (well maybe just OK) in my bathing suit in front of 2000 strangers (yikes!) if I stick with my plan. So I needed to put it out there – in writing – to make it real. Wish me luck!

[ValidRouge]

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Dimar, sad as it may be...I think you are 100% right. I have the SAME struggles. The same. The sweet taste alone triggers my bad eating behaviors and as long as I stay away from all that stuff, I'm fine...I lose and all is good in my world. But, then I decide that I deserve a 'treat' and I go for the artificially sweetened desserts and my whole world goes to **** in a handbasket!!!

I *KNOW* how hard this is going to be for you. I do....and I should join in with you. Hmmm....maybe I will just in time for me going back to Salt Lake City where i completely BLEW IT last month when I was there.

[dimar97]

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coming from a successful veteran such as yourself it gives me hope that I can do this. (dorky - I know!) What I mean by that is all too often I read on this forum how GOOD everyone else is doing and I end up feeling WORSE about myself. I must be weak; if I wasn't I wouldn't be struggling so bad. So its good to know that I am not alone!

[LooseShoes]

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Way to go Kristin for facing up to your problem! It's not easy but I know you can do it. Exercising helps control the cravings, too. Good luck and I hope the pounds fall off in the right places for vacation. Stay strong!

[ValidRouge]

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Dimar, You are absolutely NOT weak. You are doing GREAT because you are persistant. You are learning how to identify your problem foods. What's really hard is when we identify that a food we love is causing us problems. I have the SAME struggle with nuts. It's HARD to give that up. It's "LEGAL" for crying out loud...but it's NOT legal for ME! Then i want to fall into the "its not fair" head games.

Well....I can have fair and FAT or I can have not fair and THIN.

I'd rather have THIN. I just have to get over myself.

Go look at threads of the people who just don't want to hear to cut out their 'crutch' foods, or their favorite things that are giving them problems....go see how much success they have had. They haven't. I don't want to be like that. Yeah, it sucks that I can't have the "fun" foods with sugar alcohols, or nuts and stuff...but it sucked way worse when i was fat.

AND, I *KNOW* that if I *CHOOSE* to eat that stuff, then I am going to have a struggle on my hands, and I try to plan in advance how I'm going to handle it.

[Tack Candy]

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Ditto. I have an issue with sweets as well. Perhaps it really is time to ditch the splenda once and for all. Seems those things I add splenda to are the things that I have no control over. Everything else is a-ok but I'd like to lose alittle faster. Hmmm, now I just need your attitude Dimar. I will work on getting my mindset but this is a really good thing to realize.

[mitzimarie]

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Hi, Kristin

I, too, am afraid of sweets. I have been on my restart since February 25th, and I have only made a legal dessert once. On Easter Sunday, I made an induction legal cheesecake and brought it to dinner at my mom's. I had one piece and I left the rest of it at her house because it was really good.

So, it's not even like I fell off or have struggled after eating legal treats this time around... I am just so scared of them that I won't even try them. Now that I have moved up half of the rungs, I have found delight in cottage cheese with a few drops of liquid Splenda and a tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa and also in that pumpkin "mess" that we talked about a couple of months ago. It feels like a treat, even though it is good for you. And even these 2 things... if I ever felt like I was becoming a slave to them or couldn't stop at the appropriate portion size, I would cut them out in a heartbeat.

Hang in there.

[Sherri]

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Good for you Kristin! Not only are you helping yourself by quiting the SF goodies, but you're also supporting those that have the same struggles. Real, Real proud of you hon!